Child s carriage



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G. H. WENTWORTH.

GHILDS CARRIAGE. No. 283,939. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.-

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CHILDS CARRIAGE.

No. 283,989. Patented Aug. 28, 188B.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. WVENIWVORTI-I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,939, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed December 23, 1882. (No model.)

To LtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. W ENT- WORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention has relation to the improvement of children s carriages, and in particular does it relate to that class of such carriages which are so constructed that certain of their parts may be folded or contracted in order to enable the carriage to be placed in a much smaller compass than would be possible with the parts in position for use.

The objects of my present invention are, first, to provide improved means for locking the folding portions of the carriage-body; sec- 0nd, to improve the construction of the handles and the manner of attaching the same to the body; third, to improve the construction of the standard for sustaining the canopy; and,

fourth, to furnish improved means for holding the canopy in such manner that it can be readily shifted to any desired position. These several objects I have accomplished by the mechanism hereinafter described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly defined in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of acarriage embodying my improvements, parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation of the carriage in its folded condition. Figs. 3, 4., 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views of various parts.

A designates the main portion of the carriage-body, to which is hinged or pivoted, as at a, the folding front portion, A. This main portionA is suitably connected by meansof springs B with the axle b of the rear wheels,

B, and upon its extreme bottom is provided with a guard-plate, a, which, when the parts are in position for use, abuts against and is in effect a continuation of the guard-plate (f, attached to the bottom of the folding portion A. These guard-plates a extend from side to side of the carriage-bottom, and are each provided with locking-lugs a which form the guideways a, in which slides the locking frame or bar 0, which is connected, through the medium of standards 0 and springs G and O, to the axle c of the front wheels of the can 5 5 riage. The frame 0 is provided at its rear end with a handle, 0, by which the carriage may be carried when in folded condition, and with a perforation, 0 which receives a couplingpin, 0", passing through 'a perforation. in the 6 bottom of the carriage and locking the parts in position for use.

From the above-described construction it will appear that when the hinged front portion of the carriage is turned down until its bottom 6 5 is in alignment with that of the main rear portion and the lockingframehas been passed through the guideways of the guard-plates until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 1 the two portions of the carriage-body will befirmly locked together. By placing the coupling-pin through the perforation in the carriage-bot tom and in the locking-frame, this frame will be securely retained in proper position for use. the body, the coupling-pin is withdrawn and the locking-frame is pushed backward until the front wheels bear against the rear axle and the curved front end of the locking-frame has passed from the clasp of the guideways. The front hinged portion of the carriage-body may now be turned backward, as shown in Fig, .2.

To the upper rear corners of the sides of the main portions of the carriage-body are attached the quadrantshaped plates D, provided 8 withthe slots (1 and the pins (1, in substan tially the relative position shown. Through these slots d pass clamping-screws, which enter the grooves or slots extending nearly the entire length of the handles E, and by means 0 of the thumb-nuts cl" and pins (1 serve to retain sai d handles in position for use. A headed bolt-rod, D, Fig. 9, extending from side to side of the carriage, passes through the plates D and the slots of the handles E. This bolt- 5 red serves to hold the handles more firmly to the carriage-body, and when the handles are in contracted position prevents them from swinging loosely, and thus becoming injured.

The ends of the handles E are provided with If, new, it is desired to contract or fold 7 5 recesses to fit over the headed pins (1, and these handles are furnished on the inner sides of their upper ends with sockets for the ends of the hand-rod E. This hand-rod E is bored out to receive the rod Ff, the threaded ends of which pass through the handles E and enter the caps E, which fit partially within sockets in the outer sides of the handles. A perfectly strong union of the handles and the hand-rod is thus secured.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the recessed ends of the handles E are upon the pins cl and the clamping-screws have been set in the lower portion of the slotsd the handles will be in the position shown in Fig. l of the drawings. In order to place the handles in contracted position, as shown in Fig. 2, the clamping-screws are loosened. The handl'es are first drawn slightly backward to release their ends from the pins (1. The clamping-screws are then moved upward in the slots d, and the handles are pressed forward, as shown in Fig. 2. 7

To the upper edges of the sides of the carriage-body are attached the brackets G, having the rods 9, as shown, upon which are hinged the top standards, G. These top standards are each formed in two parts, hinged, as

' are held by the forks in such manner as to at g, in such manner as to permit of their fold-- ing inward, like a rule, when the top is to be 1 tions of the carriage-body, of the guideways, and the locking-frame adapted to connect with contracted, and are furnished with slots g, through which pass the spring-catches H, secured to the inner sides of the top standards, and having barbed ends h, adapted to fasten over the edge of the brackets G, as shown in Fig. 3. By means of this spring-catch the top standards are firmly held against accidental displacement in their upright position. The upper portions of the top standards are preferably forked, as shown, and the forks g.

are furnished at'their upper ends with perforations to receive the sustaining-rods K, preferably somewhat curved, by which, through the medium of the short brackets is, the canopy L is supported. The sustaining-rods K slide freely therein, except when their position is fixed by means of the clamping-rod M. This rod is formed, preferably, of two parts, the inner ends of which are threaded, and are connected, as shown, by means of the long nut m, while their outer ends clasp the sustaining rods K. From this construction it will appear that when it is desired to shift the position of the canopy this can be readily done by simply turning the long nut m, and thus loosening the clamping-rod, so that the sustaining-rods of the canopy can be moved in the forks of the I top standards.

It is obvious that various modifications of the above-described parts may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not wish, therefore, to be understood as restricting myself to the precise details set out.

Having thus described my invention, what I described.

and the coupling-pin, substantially as claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. The combination, with the hinged portions of the carriage-body, of the double guideways affixed rigidly to the bottom of both portions, and the locking-frame adapted to move in said guideways and to connect with the axle of the front wheels, substantially as 2. The combination, with the hinged por tions of the carriage-body, of guideways fixed to both portions, and alocking-frame adapted to move in said guideways and to pass from out the front guideways when the carriage is to be folded, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the hinged porbe folded, substantially as described.

4. The combinatiomwith the hinged portions of the carriage-body, of the guard-plates,

provided with guideways, and the lockingframe adapted to move in said guideways, and

connected with the axle of the front wheels,

substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the hinged porthe axle of the front wheels, and provided at its rear end with a handle, substantially as de scribed.

6. The combination, with the hinged portions of the carriage-body, of the guideways, the locking-frame, perforated at its rear end,

described.

7. The combination, with the carriage-body, of the side handles, slotted throughout the greater part of their length, and mechanism, substantially as described, for holding said handles in desired position, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with the carriage-body, of the side handles, slotted throughout the greater portion of their length, substantially as described, the clamping -screws, and the rest-pins, substantially as set forth.

9. The combinatiomwith the carriage-body, of the grooved or slotted handles, the slotted plates, the rest-pins, and the clamping-screws, substantially as described.

10. The combination,with the carriage-body, of the jointed top standards, adapted to fold inwardly, as shown, and a catch for retaining said standards in position, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with the carriage-body, of the brackets, the jointed top standards, adapted to fold inwardly, and the spring-catch, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the canopy, of the rods attached thereto for sustaining said canopy, the top standards, perforated to receive top standards for supporting said rods, and,v said rods and permit them to slide therein, the clamping-rod connecting said sustainingand mechanism, substantially as described, rods, substantially as described.

for clamping said canopy in desired position, 5 CHAS. H. WENTWORTH. 5 substantially as set forth. Witnesses:

13. The combination, with the canopy, of the Gnpnen P. FISHER, J12, sustainingrods, one on each side thereof, the J AMES H. PEIROE. 

